BattleCON G19 - KingdomAces (Joal) vs. Zorblag (Tatsumi)

[Zorblag]

It's another game of BattleCON! This game sees the second matcup between Monster Hunter, Joal and the Water Mystric, Tatsumi (and her cute cuddly water panda familar, Juto.) Does Joal really think that Panda is a Monster? Or maybe he thinks it's Tatsumi. We'll find out if he's loaded for bear in this match!

He was last match! But bearly! Oh, the puns!

If you're interested in learning about or playing a game yourself at some point I'll point you to the BattleCON discussion thread in the Arcade. For now, thanks to KingdomAces for stepping up to be the next scummer to whale on a Troll in the pbf fighting series!

We'll be playing with Dodge and the Force Gauge.

@KingdomAces, you know the drill. Yada yada yada!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Starting ante goes to Joal on 1 and Tatsumi on 2.

Original Roll String: 1d2

1 2-Sided Dice: (1) = 1

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Opening Discards and Finisher

Discard 1: Force Special Grasp
Discard 2: Fearless Dodge
Finisher: Guardian Xandjinn

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

No hurries. We'll get to it when you've thought it through!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat One Attack Pair

Empathic Drive!

Pass on ante.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 1 Attack Pair - Clash 1

Empathic

Drive

Shot!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

It was even rarer before the force special action, though it's pretty uncommon now as well (except probably on the first two beats.)

Spoiler: Beat 2 Attack Pair

Riptide Strike!

Spoiler: Reaction Ante

Pass if you pass.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

That looks right to me. The first hit soaked 3 and ate 3 counters. The next hit soaked 3 and ate the one remaining counter.

Spoiler: Beat 3 Attack Pair

Siren Drive!

Pass to open.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

You move first. I think this will be the first time I ever hit you with Siren's stun effect.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Well, and it turns out you would have missed this turn anyhow. But, yeah, I'm counting it because it's on hit, not on damage so it's the stun that actually kicks in. Hurrah for stun that does me really no good!

oooooJT

Joal 13/5
Cutthroat Hand Cannon
Dual Weild Ironstar, Runeblade
Annihilator
Stockpile: Strike, Shot, Binding Knife
Hand: Drive, Burst, Dodge, Grasp, Knuckle

Tatsumi - 18/5
Siren Drive
Riptide Strike
Guardian Xandjinn
0 Familiar Counters

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 4 Attack Pair

Fearless Whirlpool

Spoiler: Opening Ante

Pass

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

And no hurry at all on your move. Also, I'm going to go back and edit my last attack pair so that it shows the correct beat number.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 4 Attack Pair - Clash 1

Fearless Dodge!

I'm spoilering it because it'll be so surprising!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I'll advance 3.

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ooJo

Joal 13/6
Slayer's Grasp
Cutthroat Hand Cannon
Annihilator
Stockpile: Strike, Shot
Hand: Drive, Burst, Dodge, Knuckle, Binding Knife, Ironstar, Runeblade

Tatsumi - 18/6
Fearless Dodge
Siren Drive
Guardian Xandjinn
4 Familiar Counters

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 5 Attack Pair

Empathic Strike!

Spoiler: Reaction Ante

Pass if you Pass.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Again, no hurries. I was expecting Dual Wield Dodge because I once again forgot about the fact that you can't move past me with Dual Wield. Silly Troll.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Do you want to take a break from the games for a while or switch the matchup (or both?) If you're not feeling this right now we don't have to do it. I enjoy playing these with you, but they need to be fun for both of us. That's way more important than pushing through something you're not feeling.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Right, so let's take a week off (or whatever feels right,) and then come back with a fresh matchup then! I do agree that one of the reasons I lost last game was getting off of Juto and not finding the right time to get back on, and I was trying to stick to him more this game. If that soak makes for a super frustrating feeling for playing against then I'll play someone else! It might not feel as bad if we were playing in person and the game was over in half an hour, but drawn out like this I can see that getting under your skin and in your head.

In any case, let me know what I can do that would be helpful, but let's put this on hold for a bit and come back fresh and ready to go!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

So I think that I'll give Magdelina a try when you're up for another game. No hurries at all, mostly just bumping the thread to let you know that I've given some thought to the game. I'll also probably be fairly busy until the middle of next week, so even if you wanted to start soon I wouldn't be able to get many turns in quickly.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Lixis, my old nemesis. Naturalizing would of course be a huge pain for Magdelina, but I suppose you can only use it once every 3 beats. Just let me know when you're ready (this weekend, next week, whenever,) and I'll set a game up!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I don't mind the Lixis vs. Magdelina matchup particularly. Worst case scenario is that you beat me, and that's not so bad. I'm fine with you going with her again.

As for whether or not to finish out this match, in the end it's up to you, but you made a pretty good case for why the game wasn't fun to play. It wasn't that it wasn't going well for you (you were in a much worse position last game and came back to win,) but that it was a burden to get the turns in. I don't want you to play the game if you're not having fun. I've already put the old kits away and gotten the new ones out (clearly that wouldn't take much effort to redo,) but unless you really want to continue this game I'm all for moving to the next one.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

It's not giving up. It's playing that game that's more fun instead!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh